The 28th Annual Lighting of the Doves on Saturday, November 20, 2010 officially kicks off the 2010 holiday season.

Produced by The Woodlands Convention & Visitors Bureau, this year’s festival will take place at Town Green Park, 2099 Lake Robbins Drive, from 3 pm – 9 pm and will be highlighted with interactive booths and games, snow play area, balloon artists, face painters, inflatables, ice carvers, amazing fireworks, and so much more.

Enjoy a festive evening filled with live music and entertainment for the entire family, including performances from C.A.S.T. from Class Act Productions, true Texas music from Mason Lankford & The Folk Family Revival, and one of the headlining groups, The Trishas, and many others. Don’t forget to greet Santa as he makes his grand entrance in a dazzling, decorated boat from along The Woodlands Waterway® at the Celebration Stage between 7 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.

Admission to the festival is free and open to the public. http://www.LightingoftheDoves.com

On November 20, 2010, free parking for all holiday events in The Woodlands is available at the Green, Yellow and Orange lots on Timberloch Place. If festival attendees bring a new toy (valued at $5 or more) for the Huntsman Corporation Holiday Toy Drive, attendees will find additional free parking at the Town Center Parking Garage and the surface lot at Lake Robbins and Six Pines Drive.

Paid parking will be available at the Town Center Parking Garage on Six Pines Drive, the flat lot at the corner of Lake Robbins Drive and Six Pines Drive, 24 Waterway Square Parking Garage, Waterway Square Parking Garage and the surface lot at the corner of Timberloch Place and Waterway Avenue.

Source:TWCVB